Consumer >> Analyst Interviews >> February 18, 2002
ANTON BRENNER joined Roth Capital Partners in 1998 as Senior Vice
President, Research. He is responsible for research coverage of a broad
range of consumer-related industries. Mr. Brenner has been a member of
Institutional Investor's 'All American Research Team' eight times for
his research on beverages and has been a member of the Wall Street
Journal All Star Analysts Teams for Restaurants, Beverages and Tobacco.
In addition, he has been ranked among the top analysts in the Reuters
Survey for coverage of both small capitalization and large
capitalization restaurant stocks. Mr. Brenner was an Analyst and
Assistant Director of Research at C.J. Lawrence for 10 years, following
which he founded and served as President of Altman Brenner & Wasserman
and then spent two-and-a-half years at First Manhattan as an Analyst and
Assistant Director of Research. Prior to joining Roth Capital Partners
in 1998, Mr. Brenner followed restaurant, beverage and tobacco stocks
for five years at UBS Securities, where he was a member of the
Investment Policy Committee, which was responsible for reviewing and
approving all changes in recommendations and initiations of coverage.
Mr. Brenner holds a BA in Business Administration from Kent State
University. Profile
TWST: How do you define the consumer stocks universe that you cover?Mr. Brenner: I define it liberally to include packaged goods consumer
companies such as foods and beverages, restaurant